2012 YEAR IN REVIEW

Thursday, December 27, 2012

My foodie duties for the year wouldn’t be complete without summarizing activity at food & drink destinations on the South Coast. In 2012 there were 48 openings and 42 closings of food-related businesses (with walk-in storefronts) across the South Coast.

When compared to the activity in 2011 the number of openings increased by 19% while the number of closings increased by 1%. October 2012 was one for the record books. For the first time since I began tracking restaurant & coffee shop statistics back in 2005 the number of South Coast businesses opening in a single month reached double digits (10). The most closings were in January and September (6 each month).